Hoe



L. JARVIS.

. HOE.

APPEICATION FILED SEPT. 4, 1919.

1,374,740. Patented Apr; 12, 1921.

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Application filed September 4., 1919. Serial No. 321,511. 1

a To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEVI Jarvis, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cedar Rapids, in the county of Boone and State of Nebraska, have invented a newanduseful Hoe, of which the following is a spec1fication.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is a hoe, and one object of the invention is to provide a device of the kind alluded to in which the effective length of the structure, measured from the blade, may be adjusted at will.

Another object of the invention is to provide novel means whereby the blades of the hoe may be interchanged.

A further object of the invention is so to construct the hoe that the blade will operate at a very small angle with respect to the surface of the soil, thereby rendering it unnecessary to raise the hoe to a consider able height, and make a stroke, during the operation of weeding.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in View, which will appear'as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope of what is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in side elevation, a device constructed in accordance with the invention, parts being broken away; Fig. 2 is a top plan wherein the blade has been omitted; Fig. 3 is a cross section on the line 33 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4c is a plan showing the blade; Fig. 5 is a plan showing a modified form of blade; and Fig. 6 is a fragmental longitudinal section taken through the memher which receives the blade-carrying shank.

In carrying out the invention, there is provided a handle holder 1, which may be in the form of a socket, adapted to receive a handle H. The holder 1 has a downwardly oifset arm 2, merging into a base 3 disposed approximately parallel to the axis of the holder, the base 3 being supplied at its outer end with an eye 4:. A bore 5 extends longithe soil.

respect to the surface of the soil.

tudinally of the base 3 and is prolonged through the arm 2 and through the eye 4:, as

clearly indicated in Fig. v6. In the top of the eye 1 there is an opening 8 wherein a screw '7 is threaded. An opening 6 is fashioned in the top of the base 3, between the arm 2 and the eye 4 and communicates with the bore 5. a The inventioncomprises a shank includmg a body 9 and a flattened foot 10 disposed at an angle to the body. The numeral'll denotes a blade having openings 12 adapted to receive securing elements 14: whereby the blade may be secured to the foot 10. The blade may include a rectangular main portion 15 and a blunted triangular extension Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Apr. 12, 1921. A

16. The blade 11 may be used interchange The member 9 may be adjusted longitudi-- nally with respect to the handle holder '1, and in this way, the effective length of the handle H may be adjusted, thereby to position the blade 11 properly with respect to The opening 6serv'es to let dirt out of the bore 5 and to render the longitudinal adjustment of the member 9 relatively easy. Further, if the member 9 should become rusted in the bore 5, oil may be introduced into the bore, by way of the opening 6. The angle between the part 9 of the shank and the foot 10 thereof is approximately fifty degrees, and by adjusting the part 9 longitudinally of the handle holder 1, the structure may be so regulated that, when it is used bya person ofordinarv stature, the blade 11 will be disposed at a very slight angle, say five degrees, with It will be obvious that when the blade 11 is located as above described, and as shown in Fig. 1, the blade operates in approximate parallelism with the surface of the soil, it being possible to carry out the weeding operation without effort on the part of the operator, there being no occasion for raising the blade 11 to a considerable height and making a positive downward stroke. The blades 11 and 17 are sharpened along all of their edges, as shown at 19, and, consequently, a cutting stroke may be made effectively in any direction, either backwardly or f0r- Wardly, or sidewise.

Having thus described the invention What is claimed is In a hoe, a handle holder having a downwardly offset arm merging into a base dis.- posed approximately parallel to the axis of the holder, the base being supplied at its outer end with an eye, and having a bore of common diameter from end to end, the bore being prolonged through the arm and through the eye, there being an opening in the top of the base, between the arm and the eye, the opening communicating with the bore; a shank including a body slidable in.

the bore and spaced transversely from the holder for free longitudinal sliding movement in spaced relation to the holder; a blade carried by the shank; and a clamping device mounted in the eye and engaging the body, the clamping device constituting the sole means for limiting the longitudinal movement of the body;

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

LEV-I JARVIS.

lVitnesses a V F. C. COMPTON, N. F. LOWE. 

